Inga Foundation Blog Blog

Honduran farmer Don Pablo was full of enthusiasm for Inga alley cropping when we visited this week. He already has 1 hectare of Inga alleys planted on his farm and is now eager to...

Don Maximino and his family live 3hrs from the nearest road, surrounded by primary rainforest. Until now, they have struggled to survive using slash and burn farming, destroying the rainforest in the process. But...

Spicing Things Up

Last week we planted several hundred of these young pepper plants in the Inga alleys at our Project Center. Not only will these make for a beautiful demonstration of Inga in action, but in...

Creating Sustainable and Resilient Rural Livelihoods

Two hectares of land planted with Inga alley cropping can easily provide lifelong food security for a family, ending dependence on the destructive and high risk strategy of slash and burn. Food security, with...

A Historic Moment

The first of the rainforest tree seedlings we’ve been raising in our tree nursery have now handed over to local families for them to plant on their land. The first 502 trees to be...

This intricate little flower is the flower of the Cocoa tree – or to put it more simply, a chocolate flower! Today we begin supporting families to grow Cocoa with Inga as a cash...

Eager to get their hands dirty, these kids made quick work of finishing off their family’s tree nursery today. Under slash and burn, the state of the land only gets worse over time and...

Work Begins in New Community

We are delighted to have now begun work in a new community in Honduras – Los Limpios. We are the only charities working in this isolated community of 100 families and with the land...

Driven by their determination to escape from the vicious circle of slash and burn, Martin and his family are rapidly transforming this land from degraded soil choked with weeds to a forest of Inga...